Printing Lead

The Opportunity

This role supports the daily operation of the Printing Department to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality production. The Printing Lead provides leadership, training, and technical support to department associates while coordinating daily activities to meet production goals. This position plays a vital role in maintaining equipment performance, supporting continuous improvement initiatives, and promoting a culture of safety, food packaging quality, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the daily operation of the Printing Department to ensure safe, efficient, and continuous production.

• Lead and support team members in achieving safety, quality, productivity, and operational performance objectives.

• Promote and maintain a safe work environment by ensuring compliance with company safety policies, procedures, and food packaging quality standards.

• Coordinate daily workforce activities and adjust staffing assignments to maximize equipment utilization and production efficiency.

• Provide technical guidance, troubleshooting support, training, and performance feedback to printing department associates.

• Support continuous improvement initiatives through process optimization, problem-solving, housekeeping, and maintenance coordination.

• Monitor production performance and ensure required documentation is completed accurately and on time.

• Communicate department needs, priorities, and operational concerns to leadership.

• Serve as the department leader in the absence of the Department Manager.

• Maintain compliance with GMP, food packaging safety, quality standards, and company procedures.

• Perform additional duties as assigned.

What You Need to Succeed

• High school diploma or GED required.

• Ability to read, understand, and apply information from instruction manuals, procedure manuals, and work instructions.

• Strong leadership, communication, and team-building skills.

• Ability to train, coach, and develop team members.

• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.

• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple responsibilities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

• Commitment to workplace safety, food packaging quality, and continuous improvement.

• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Ability to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

What We Offer

• A workplace culture built on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence.

• Comprehensive training with opportunities for leadership development and career growth.

• Competitive compensation based on experience, skills, and performance.

• A career with a global packaging leader where Safety, Sustainability, and Inclusion are foundational to daily operations.

• Opportunities to lead high-performing teams and contribute to operational excellence.

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.